The former England, Chelsea and Manchester United star, now 56, was three times over the legal limit when he was pulled over while weaving across a road in May last year, a court heard.

Judge Timothy Workman was told the Sky Sports pundit has since begun serving another two-year ban after being caught by police four times over the limit and slumped in his car this year.

The judge told Wilkins: “I have to regard this as a serious matter both by the level of the high reading and this being the second conviction, although it is the first to be committed.”

He sentenced him to a further 12-month community order, instructed him to pay £4,000 costs and suspended his driving licence for three years running alongside the previous ban.

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During a three-day trial at Staines magistrates court, the judge heard Wilkins was pulled over by traffic cops who spotted his Jaguar XJ weaving across the road near his home in Cobham, Surrey, at 1.50am on May 7, 2012..

Wilkins who had been at an awards ceremony in Bournemouth, Dorset, had difficulty standing, slurred his words and blew a roadside alcohol reading of 109mg/100ml – more than three times the 35mg/100ml limit, the court heard.

He told officers his arrest was a ‘f***ing joke’ at Reigate police station and blamed a policeman’s radio for interfering with the machine’s results.

CCTV footage was shown of him ranting: “F***ing hell I can’t even phone my f**king missus, it is a joke.

“I’m not going to bash anybody. This is ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.”

Wilkins then gave breath readings of 102 and 104mg/100ml of breath – three times the legal limit.

He claimed he had only drunk two 175ml glasses of red wine between 7.30pm and 11pm.

Phillip Lucas, defending, argued the roadside test could have been “corrupted” by interference from a police radio but the judge found his client guilty.

It emerged Wilkins had been found “intoxicated” and slumped over his steering wheel at Tongham, Surrey, on March 7 and was later convicted of failing to provide a breath sample.

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That time blew 129mg/100ml - nearly four times over the legal drink drive limit of 35 – at the roadside but failed to provide a specimen at the station. He was banned for two years and fined £2,000 at Guildford Magistrate’s Court this year.

Mr Lucas told the court today: “There are substantial, extenuating personal circumstances that might explain this offence and the previous offence but Mr Wilkins does not want me to go into any great detail.”

During his career, the former footballer played at various clubs including Chelsea, Manchester United, AC Milan and Queens Park Rangers and was awarded an MBE in 1993 for services to football.

Wilkins, wearing a three piece navy suit, white shirt and blue tie, declined to comment as he left court accompanied by a driver.

A Sky Sports spokesman said: “We won’t be making a comment on this, it’s a private matter for Ray.”